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When I contracted at IBM here the only project they could find for me was setting up TCP/IP for DB2 under VSE. The only downpoint, apart from not knowing VSE, was the fact it was for the Pakistani Airforce and the location just happened to be on the Afghanistan border and this was just before the whole Taliban thing kicjed off. For only €500 a day (plus spesen) I kicked it and went to Butzbach instead.
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I bet there will be loads of overtime , if the computer system comes under attack.
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Up to 600 USD per day i.e. up to £300 a day. Yeah, right.
If ever this was a candidate for outsourcing to India this was. OK, an actual Indian might not quite be a good idea!
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I don't think it's a joke. I know of one engineer who'd be very interested in that (ex-army, dodgy spots don't really worry him).Originally posted by LucyWell, indeed, I keep thinking it is some kind of joke.
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Originally posted by Zippy$600 per day
My bodyguard would cost double that!!!
Well, indeed, I keep thinking it is some kind of joke.
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Rate = Doesn't matter what they offer as you won't be alive long enough to collect it anyway.Originally posted by Lucy
Hotel = A hole in the ground (bunker)
Transport = Army truck of some sort or a Toyota Pickup truck that is riddled with bullet holes.
Security = Bodyguards?
Exp of launching a Telco = 2 bean cans and a piece of string usually does the trick.
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$600 per dayOriginally posted by Lucy
My bodyguard would cost double that!!!
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